Andreas Kirchner (17 August 1953 – 10 November 2010) was an East German hammer thrower and bob pusher for record holder Wolfgang Hoppe.
![]() | This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in German. (April 2022) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
![]() Kirchner in 1979. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
|
---|
![]() | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (September 2021) |
He competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won two medals in the four-man with a gold in 1984 and a bronze in 1980. He was born in Erlbach-Kirchberg, Saxony.
Kirchner also won two medals in the two-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a silver in 1981 and a bronze in 1982.
On 15 November 2010 he was found dead in his apartment in Suhl, Thuringia where he worked as a teacher.[1] He was 57.
![]() | This biographical article relating to East German athletics is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
![]() | This biographical article relating to German bobsleigh is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
![]() ![]() | This article about a German Winter Olympic medalist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |